Crain’s Chicago Business reports that local designer Maria Pintoonetime favorite of a certain M. Obamais leaving her post as creative director of retailer Mark Shale after only seven months. She says she’ll go back to designing her own collection, presumably making a bid for that proverbial second act.

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